The Creative Spark

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Conversations that provide insight, empowerment and tools to help others live their best creative life! In each episode host G. Brian Benson strives to have an organic chat with authors, entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and actors, sharing their inspirational stories, strategies and wisdom that helped propel them to their own unique version of creative success. Learning how to find the joy and peace of mind that comes with stepping into one’s own skin, and going beyond anything one may have thought previously possible is what we hope you will take away from The Creative Spark. It’s the place where creatives meet! Host - G. Brian Benson http://www.gbrianbenson.com Produced - Casey Jarombek Brought to you by Reawaken Media

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S2 Ep204: Guest Brenda Adelman - Actor, Speaker, Author, and Coach

Nov 08 2023 52 mins

Brenda Adelman is an award-winning actor, speaker, the recipient of a Hero of Forgiveness award from the Hawaii International Forgiveness Project & has been interviewed on over 200 media outlets including NPR, Fox TV & CBS. She runs Forgiveness and Freedom Coaching and is also the founder of Your Story Made Simple. She’s performed her critically acclaimed one-woman show,

S2 Ep203: The Creative Spark Ep. 203 with Guest Diane Foy

Sep 09 2023 33 mins

Episode 203 - Guest Diane Foy Ready to slide into the spotlight with the impact (and income) to match? Then you should know Diane Foy, the creator of the Superfan Attraction Method. During her 2 decades in arts and entertainment PR, Diane represented talents such as Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell, South Africa’s The Parlotones, and One Day at a Times’s Mackenzie Philli

S2 Ep202: The Creative Spark Ep. 202 with Guest Jeffrey Weissman

Aug 28 2023 53 mins

Episode 202 - Jeffrey Weissman is an actor’s actor. He would have been going by horseback or wagon from town to town before the advent of film and television, reciting Shakespeare or performing plays in small towns all over the countryside. He acts, produces, writes, and directs, and has worked with legendary film actors such as Clint Eastwood and Michael J. Fox. Jeffrey has ov

S2 Ep201: The Creative Spark Ep. 201 with Guest Emily Otteson

Aug 15 2023 50 mins

Ep. 201 - My guest this week is Emily Otteson, an incredibly talented artist, songwriter, and entertainer from Nashville, TN. Her voice is unique, almost angelic at times and her choice of melodic improvisations make her stand out and allow her to claim her own place in a town known for great singers. Her laugh is contagious and her personality shines through whether she's singin

S1 Ep115: The Creative Spark Ep. 115 with Guest Mike "Smidi" Smith

Apr 13 2022 45 mins

Ep. 115 -My guest this week is Mike "Smidi" Smith, an award-winning songwriter, musician, mixer, producer and record label owner who now has a media branch that is beginning to produced TV and Film projects. He is an Emmy, Clio and Addy Award winner who has written and produced songs that have sold over 14 million copies worldwide including multiple #1 songs, albums and top ten

S1 Ep114: The Creative Spark Ep. 114 with Guest Erin Gavin

Mar 30 2022 50 mins

Ep. 114 -My guest this week is Erin Gavin, a Scottish actress, singer, entrepreneur and keynote speaker.

S1 Ep113: The Creative Spark Ep. 113 with Guest Kevin Negandhi

Mar 23 2022 55 mins

If you are a big sports fan like myself, you will definitely recognize this week’s guest Kevin Negandhi. He is everywhere on ESPN.

S1 Ep112: The Creative Spark Ep. 112 with Guest Whitney Reynolds

Mar 16 2022 56 mins

Episode 112. Growing up in Oklahoma, my next guest Whitney Reynolds always knew that she wanted to have her own television show. As a child, she started interviewing her friends with a makeshift microphone in her living room. During her adolescence, her family's difficult personal journey gave her the desire to share delicate stories that must be told. At the age of 23, her childho

S1 Ep111: The Creative Spark Ep. 111 with Guest Samba Schutte

Mar 09 2022 61 mins

Samba Schutte is a Dutch-Mauritanian actor, comedian and writer who was born in the Sahara Desert and grew up in Ethiopia until the age of 18. He's currently starring in the HBO Max pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death" alongside Taika Waititi, Fred Armisen and Rhys Darby. We chat about his creative process of acting and what it takes to break through in Hollywood.

S1 Ep110: The Creative Spark Ep. 110 with Guest Nita Sweeney

Mar 02 2022 56 mins

Guest Nita Sweeney is an award-winning wellness author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink and co-creator of the writing journal, You Should be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving. We chat about her journey back from depression and the creative process o